1990s and Beyond Webquest What were two domestic successes that President Clinton achieved during his first term? In what decade was the most Supreme Court justices appointed? Which president appointed the most justices? _ What was the original war against Iraq called? _ Who was elected president in 1992? What number president was he? How old was he when he was elected president? How many terms did he serve?Who was his vice-president? On August 6th, _ Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the "World Wide Web" _What Russian president of the Russian republic, lead a revolution against Gorbachev in order to preserve the crumbling Soviet Union power structure? After the failed revolt, the 15 separate republics were granted their independence and this person remained the president of the newly independent republic. _In 1992, Amy Fisher plead guilty to shooting her lover's (Joey Buattafuoco) wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco. What was the nickname of Amy Fisher? For the first time in world series history in 1992 the banner flew north of the border as what team beat the Atlanta Braves in 6 games._ Where did the ATF raid the Branch Davidian compound where the seige lasts for several weeks until a fire breaks out (I have heard some reports that the Davidians themselves started it and some reports that the Federal agents started it) killing most of the cult members including leader David Koresh and several children. What year did it happen? In 1993, Michael Jordon retires for the first time after his father was killed, and allegations of gambling, Michael Jordon retires to play minor league baseball. 17 months later he returns to basketball.What was the minor league baseball team did Jordan play for? In 1994, a Civil war broke out in Rwanda that ignited a bloody civil war was started by Hutu troops, which shot down a plan carrying the president of Rwanda and Burundi in revenge for allowing the Tutsi to share power.How many people were killed? Tiger Woods Wins the Masters in 1994. How old was he at the time? What other feat did he accomplishment by winning the masters? _ What is Groom Lake Air Force Base better known as? _ Which president acknowledged its existence? What is the real name of the una bomber? Who won the Stanley Cup in 1996? _ _What movie opened in 1997 and became the BIGGEST Total Box-Office Film ever in film history with over 1 Billion dollars and also became the movie with most Academy Award totaling 13? Which two members of *N SYNC were mouseketters on the NEW Mickey Mouse Club? After denying the affair for close to a year, the President held a press conference to admit to having sexual relations with ?What was the famous line that President Clinton said that got him into so much trouble? _ April 20, 1999, two students go on a shooting rampage in _ in Littleton, Colorado. They kill 12 students, 1 teacher and themselves. Y2K hype gets everyone paranoid that the end of the world is near. Billions of dollar spent world-wide on Y2K upgrade on computer software. At 4:00 AM on December 31, 1999 as the new year passes on the little island of Fiji we discover that the supposed Y2k Bug will not cause impending doom. List some other dates that are suppose to be or were supposed to be the end of the world. _ _ _ What is your favorite music album in the 1990s? _ Nirvana Nevermind is voted as being the best album of the 1990s, what year did it release? Based on the information above, in which countries were U.S. embassies bombed in 1998?
a.
Scotland & East Germany
c.
Kenya & Tanzania
b.
Lebanon & Syria
d.
Saudi Arabia & Kenya
Based on the map, on which one of the following continents were there no terrorist attacks between 1970 and 2001?
a.
North America
c.
Africa
b.
Europe
d.
South America
How many Americans died in the terrorist attack on the USS Cole? What Muslim extremist group took credit for the bombing of September 11, 2001? _ and who was the figure head to this group? _ what does it mean? Do you think that this man is dead? _ Why? What are three other events that have changed history forever?
What were two domestic successes that President Clinton achieved during his first term?
In what decade was the most Supreme Court justices appointed?
Which president appointed the most justices? _
What was the original war against Iraq called? _
Who was elected president in 1992?
What number president was he? How old was he when he was elected president?
How many terms did he serve? Who was his vice-president?
On August 6th, _ Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the "World Wide Web"
_ What Russian president of the Russian republic, lead a revolution against Gorbachev in order to preserve the crumbling Soviet Union power structure? After the failed revolt, the 15 separate republics were granted their independence and this person remained the president of the newly independent republic.
_ In 1992, Amy Fisher plead guilty to shooting her lover's (Joey Buattafuoco) wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco. What was the nickname of Amy Fisher?
For the first time in world series history in 1992 the banner flew north of the border as what team beat the Atlanta Braves in 6 games. _
Where did the ATF raid the Branch Davidian compound where the seige lasts for several weeks until a fire breaks out (I have heard some reports that the Davidians themselves started it and some reports that the Federal agents started it) killing most of the cult members including leader David Koresh and several children. What year did it happen?
In 1993, Michael Jordon retires for the first time after his father was killed, and allegations of gambling, Michael Jordon retires to play minor league baseball. 17 months later he returns to basketball. What was the minor league baseball team did Jordan play for?
In 1994, a Civil war broke out in Rwanda that ignited a bloody civil war was started by Hutu troops, which shot down a plan carrying the president of Rwanda and Burundi in revenge for allowing the Tutsi to share power. How many people were killed?
Tiger Woods Wins the Masters in 1994. How old was he at the time? What other feat did he accomplishment by winning the masters? _
What is Groom Lake Air Force Base better known as? _
Which president acknowledged its existence?
What is the real name of the una bomber?
Who won the Stanley Cup in 1996? _
_What movie opened in 1997 and became the BIGGEST Total Box-Office Film ever in film history with over 1 Billion dollars and also became the movie with most Academy Award totaling 13?
Which two members of *N SYNC were mouseketters on the NEW Mickey Mouse Club?
After denying the affair for close to a year, the President held a press conference to admit to having sexual relations with ? What was the famous line that President Clinton said that got him into so much trouble?
_
April 20, 1999, two students go on a shooting rampage in _ in Littleton, Colorado. They kill 12 students, 1 teacher and themselves.
Y2K hype gets everyone paranoid that the end of the world is near. Billions of dollar spent world-wide on Y2K upgrade on computer software. At 4:00 AM on December 31, 1999 as the new year passes on the little island of Fiji we discover that the supposed Y2k Bug will not cause impending doom.
List some other dates that are suppose to be or were supposed to be the end of the world.
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_
_
What is your favorite music album in the 1990s? _
Nirvana Nevermind is voted as being the best album of the 1990s, what year did it release?
Based on the information above, in which countries were U.S. embassies bombed in 1998?
Based on the map, on which one of the following continents were there no terrorist attacks between 1970 and 2001?
How many Americans died in the terrorist attack on the USS Cole?
What Muslim extremist group took credit for the bombing of September 11, 2001?
_ and who was the figure head to this group?
_ what does it mean?
Do you think that this man is dead? _ Why?
What are three other events that have changed history forever?